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LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1838. We have received several communications on the subject of the lamentable state of the Shetland Islands, expressing deep sympathy with the suffering population, and sug gesting different plans for their relief. One correspondent informs us that the London Committee have actually an nounced their determination to devote the Destitution Fund to the promotion of " Scriptural Education," and re commends that a Committee should be formed immediately from among the London subscribers, to take the necessary measures for communicating with the subscribers at large, who, it is presumed, when made acquainted with the dis tress of the Shetlanders, and the misapplication of the fund, would demand back their subscriptions, and direct the money to be applied to the purchase of food for the starving people. Another thinks that the subscribers individually should immediately order the Destitution Com mittee to transmit their several contributions to the Aberdeen Committee, through whom,he says, the supplies have hitherto been sent to the Shetland Islands. We have not been able to make up our minds as to which of these plans is the best, but are rather inclined to give the preference to the last, because it seems to be calculated to afford the speedi est, which, in so urgent a case, is the best relief. The landowners and titheowners, desirous, no doubt, like Peacheni and Lockil, to agree as long as possible for the sake of what can be got by both, by allowing the public to believe that one set are pure patriots, and the other meek servants of CHRIST, have entered, we are told by the Chronicle this morning, into a com promise touching the rating of tithes. According to our Contemporary, who is no doubt ace urately informed, the landowners have consented to allow a deduction from the rating of tithes, which will be equivalent to 0 8 per cent. on what, according to our Contemporary and the land lords, the tithes ought to pay. If the whole poor-rate were paid, asit ought to be, exclusively out of tithes and rent, for it would be not difficult to show that they alone were originally assessed to the poor-rates, we should have no earthly ob jection to this compromise. How those two classes, whom we shall continue to call as long as the Corn-law tax enhances the revenue plunderers of the public, may divide the spoil betwixt them, we do not care one straw, except that the more they wrangle and quarrel, the better we shall be pleased. But it is to be considered that the compromising landowners are really sacrificing the property of all the other classes who pay poor-rates to their own ease, and the advantage of their associates in plunder. Either the tithes ought to be rated to the full amount, or they ought not. If they ought, with what face can the landlords presume to exonerate them from one sixpence, which sixpence must be paid by all the contributors to the rate ? That will be gross i n j us ti ce t o th e res t of the rate-payers. If tithes ought not to be rated to the full, how can the land lords defend their present unjust demand, and ask to be relieved f rom t h e i r port i on o f rates , f or th e y never think of the rest of the rate payers, by taxing the tithe-owners ? As the Chronicle says, compromise may be adopted now ; but justice and equity will by-and-by insist on being beard, and then the compromise will be set aside, to the shame of those who enter into it. But the whole transaction is of a piece with the general conduct of our law-making landlords, who have ever studied, as witness the Stamp and Legacy Duties, and Corn Laws, their own exclusive advantage. Not con tented with an immense income—brought to them with- out "ball the reward of no merit, the payment for no services—this selfish, unjust, rapacious class of men has never ceased, under some pretext or other, to infringe on the property of all other men. Let us further say, that tithes are either a property or a tax ; either like the landlord's rent, they are something wholly belonging to the priesthood, for which they are not accountable to other men ; or they are the salary and reward for service. If they be property, how dare these landlords who are always vilifying the people for being only desirous, as they say—we believe most unjustly —of touching their profits—how dare they touch or meddle with the property of the priests ? If tithes be property, what excuse can be found, as the Herald has properly asked, for Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord STANLEY, and the crowd of anti-appropriators, even including that pink of a pious Baronet Sir R. INGLis—if tithes be property, what ex cuse can the Tories invent for taking away, or suffering to be taken away, one sixpence of it, to be given to the landlords, either as commutation here in England, or as a bribe to pay the remainder, as in Ireland ? If Tithes be property, then has the Legislature of late ordained a violation of the property of a helpless class of men—of a class of men, too, whom it pretends to regard as very meritorious, and for 'whom it is continually boasting of its respect and attachment—which is, in principle, as gross a species of plunder as ever was proposed by any class of levellers. Our opinittn is, that tithes are not property, but a tax, and this opinion is now professed by the clergy ; for they claim the tithes as the officers of the Army and Navy claim their pay—as the salary and reward for services ren dered to the State. In that sense, the State may commute tithes, or give up any portion of them without the imputation of injustice ; but if tithes be property, then have the eminent Whigs and Tories in our day combined to do a flagrant wrong. But if they go with us, and admit tithes to be a tax, then another and not less important consideration arises. The Legislature gives up a large part of the tithes in Ireland and commutes in England, because the tax cannot be levied in one country, and is excessively mischievous in the other. In the former case those Statesmen admit that they are impotent to enforce the observance of their own laws, and in the latter they ena able us to assign the reason for their impotence—the law is unjust. They may take which alternative they please, but which ever they take their reputation will be damaged, adding one more proof to the many that have before been pressed on public notice, that it is contamination for Statesmen to meddle with the Church. The whole con trivance of an established Priesthood being founded in error, all that flows from it, and all the contrivances for its sup port, have the properties of the parent error, and are a mass of error, humbug, delusion, and injustice. It is like pitch, and defiles all who touch it. The men calling themselves the friends of the Protes tant Church in Ireland, assume great credit for having forced Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his party to give up the appropriation clause in the Tithe Bill. If we are to believe their words, they consider the question settled. Lord STANLEY, last Session, told, the Ministry that though they could turn out the PEEL Administration by means of a re solution, that resolution should never be carried into effect ; and believing himself a true prophet, he this Session ex claims, "what a justification to those who had all along opposed it was the admission of his Noble Friend." And what was the admission of his Noble Friend ? Simply this—" If the Irish Church retained a moderate share of the tithes, sufficient for the spiritual wants of its followers, it would, and could be maintained." In other words, that the Catholics will not be satisfied now with 50,0001. a year—that the Church must be content with a moderate, in stead of an immoderate share of the funds —and on that condi tion her security rests. Lord J. RUSSELL has given up the point for the present, but with the firm conviction that the appropriation clause, and something more, must be brought forward speedily ; and that by no other means can even a portion of the tithes be secured to the Protestant Church, or the Catholics be reconciled to the Establishment. All impartial observers take the same view of the question. Foreigners, Protestant as well as Catholic, are struck with wonder at the folly of our Tory leaders, who lay down a law, as immutable with Lord STANLEY as the law of the Medes and Persians, that a certain religion is the best, and because a third of the inhabitants of the empire think otherwise, resolve that they shall be for ever deprived of the funds granted by their ancestors for the maintenance of their religion ! A proposition so monstrous could be supported only by religious prejudice, which too often has sanctioned the greatest absurdities, led to the perpetration of the greatest crimes, and which the bigoted party think as strong in this country now as it was in the height of their power, when GEORGE the Third was King. They are blind to every change that takes place around them. They cannot see the changes which have been effected on the people of Ireland by the Emancipation and Reform Acts, or on the people of this country by the intercourse between Protestants and Catholics in the Legislature, and by the cordial support which Catholics have given to every measure for improving our institutions, or abating what the moral and religious people of this country con sider the greatest of crimes—the crime of slavery. The Catholics of Ireland are no longer degraded outcasts such as they were in the last century, when they were treated by the English more as Eastern slaves than as fellow subjects. Persons who have visited the country, after a lapse of years, bear testimony to the vast change which has taken place both in the character and conduct of the people. They act with a unity of purpose, and have ac quired a moral power which they never before possessed ; and when we consider their number, the justice of their cause, the support which they receive from a majority of the Representatives of the people of the United Kingdom, and the determined and successful resistance which they have made for the last ten years to Orange dominion, we cannot for a moment doubt the issue of the contest. We have received a Newfoundland paper of the 22d June, containing the Speech of his Excellency the Go vernor, of which we give an extract : Mr. President and Honourable Gentlemen of the Council : Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly : " It gives me particular pleasure to meet you this day, the auspicious anniversary of our beloved Sovereign's accession. May your labours contribute to the fulfilment of her Majesty's ardent desire for the pros perity and happiness of this important Colony. I shall have the honour of laying before you the copy of a despatch from Lord Glenelg, by which you will learn that the Queen has been graciously pleased to offer her Royal mediation for the settlement of those differences be. tween the Council and the House of Assembly, which, last year, unfortunately prevented the passing of any Appropriation Act. I feel confident that an adoption of the measure suggested by her Ma. jesty will obviate similar misunderstandings in future, and afford the best means of securing a satisfactory application of the public funds. My remarks at the opening of the last Session respecting the Acts for the relief of the disabled seamen, fishermen, and other persons, and for the encouragement of education, I beg once more to offer to your consi deration. I must also renew the recommendation to your favour and protection of the hospital at the river head—the value of that institu. tion having become more and more apparent. Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, I shall immediately transmit to you copies of dispatches, in answer to your late addresses to her Majesty, and to her Majesty's Government. [He further states, that in consequence of the peculiar and painful incident attendant on the prorogation, his Excellency found himself compelled, during the recess, to assume the responsibility of issuing war rants for such sums as were indispensably necessary for the administra tion ofjustice.) The deficiency of seed potatoes, owing to a scanty crop and early frost in 1837, was placed under my observation in such a manner as to render it impossible for me to withhold considerable assistance in alle viation of a want so serious and so pressing. The estimates for the approaching year shall be prepared without de lay. It is, lam sure, unnecessary to enforce the expediency of my being promptly enabled to pay up the fixed salaries, and to discharge the various claims on the Government. I am desirous to recal your attention to my former suggestion as to the propriety of making provision for a stipendiary magistrate at the Burgas Islands, and I would propose a like arrangement for La Poille. Mr. President, and Hon. Gentlemen of the Council, I invite your attention to a despatch from Lord Glenelg, of the 3d January, en the subject of Crown lands; you will observe under what limitations I am therein permitted to assent to an Act for their future regulation. The Paris Papers of Tuesday contain no political news of importance. Sir GEORGE VILLIERS was to dine on that day with the King of the FRENCH, and on the day follow" ing with the President of the Council. His Excellency's departure for London was fixed for Thursday. On Tues day M. MENnizADAL arrived in Paris from Madrid. The following are extracts from the French Papers : There is no official article in the Moniteur this morning. The Phare de Bayonne of the 21st announces the return of Gen. Harispe, who had resumed the command of the 20th military division. The Indicateur of Bordeaux of the 22d says---" Don Francis de Paula and his family visited our Great Theatre, and many other public build ings of the city. They were accompanied by the Prefect. At one o'clock they set out for Blaye, on board the steam-boat The Spanish Consul and Gen. Cardonel attended at their embarkation. M. Lapane, at the head of the mounted municipal guard, was on the spot, and also a detachment of the line, to preserve order. The suite of the Prince consists of 4S persons, Chamberlains, Secre tary, Ladies of Honour, Intendant-General, &c. The Prince accom. panied by the Princess and eight children, together 48 persons, are now all gone, either in the Prince's carriages, or by the steam packet. The Prince is going to La Rochelle for the benefit of sea bathing for / , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1838 a fortnight ; he is to be at Paris on the 20th of next month, to take pos session of the Hotel in the Faubourg St. Germain, which he has had for two years. The Bayonne journals of the 2lst, give the following : TuDELA, JULY M.—The Commandant of this arrondissement has just received from the military Commandant of Calahorra a dispatch in the following terms : " The following news has just been communicated to me by tele. graph :—His Excellency the General-in-Chief entered Braza, with his troops, on the 14th July, after firing five cannon shot." The Sentinelle des Pyrenees says:—" On the 14th General Marotto gave orders to disarm the two battalions of Royalists of Estella. Their arms are going to be distributed among the young men who enlist, and the soldiers who have recovered from their wounds. Morello, in Lower Arragon, is to be invested on the IGth. The division of St. Miguel is dispatched to storm the place."—Commerce. FRENCH FUNDS. - PARIS, JULY 24. Five per Cent... 111 f 30c. 25c. Four per Cents., 103 f. 50c. Three per Cents., 80f 83c. sOc. Bank Actions, 2,'1:.0f. Rente de Naples, 99f. 10c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%. Spanish Actives, '22%. Belgian Five per Cents., 103%. Belgian Bank, 1,415 f Dutch „Two and a halfper Cents., 51%. Haytian Loan, 3 ;Of. axCIiANOR nr4 LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 45e.; money, 25t. 424 C. Three months, paper. 25,130.: 3 O:. LATEST PRICES. Five per Cents. 111 f. 125 c. Three per Cents. ' SOL N Z,-c. Bank Actions, 2,6.01. Romans, 101%. Belgian Loan, 103%. Belgian Bank, 1,4P5f. Spanish Actives, 2.2%. itaytian Loan, :460. Brussels and German Journals of the latest dates have reached us this morning. The following extracts from them include the only intelligence they bring of any public CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Fer the Week ended July ,i(), +9:IS, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englan .1 and wale s , /Kr Imperial Quarter. Wheat 6Ss 2d. I Oats Barley 32s Z.d i R I ye ....... 33s Pd. Pease '5B. 4d. MPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TkIE .:X WEEKS interest : THE HAGUE, FEB. 22.—The Rotterdam Courant has the following article :—" Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope to the 18th May give the particulars of the manner in which his Royal Highness Prince William Frederic Henry was received there. His Royal Highness, ac companied by Captain Arriens and some Dutch and English officers, rode into Cape Town on Sunday, May 6, where the whole way was crowded with spectators. A number of carriages followed the Prince's coach. When His Royal Highness alighted at the house of Madame de Witt, widow, where he was received by a military guard of honour, " God save the King" was pia: cd, and the Prince was greeted on all sides with loud acclamations. In the evening of the 9th of May, the whole town was illuminated, and many house.; had fine transparencies; among them were those of Mr. J. H. Neethling and Mr. Sinclair. In many places there were busts of his Majesty, the King of the Netherlands, and his sons. Young people, with Orange ribbons, paraded the streets, which echoed with cheerful music. The Dutch flag was carried about, and, before the house in which the Prince lodged, there was a display of tire-works, amidst the cheers of the multitude, while some Dutchmen and inhabit. ants of the Cape sang the song of ' William.' " About seven in the evening the South African Musical Society as sembled on the steps before the house, and performed the Dutch national air. There was a splendid ball and supper in the Exchange, on which occasion the ball room was adorned with Dutch and English colours en twined together. In a word the Prince was received with the greatest kindness and respect, as well by the Government as the inhabitants." DRESDEN, JULY 16. —Her Imperial Highness the Prince s of Orange, travelling under the name of Countess of Buren, arrived here yester. day, and put up at the Hotel de Saxe, and her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia, coming from Fursten,tein in Silesia, ar rived at Pilnitz. DRESDEN, JULY 17.—Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived here this morning at seven o'clock, and alighted at the hotel of the Russian Ambassador, M. Von Schroeder. TOPLITZ, JULY 15.—Count de la Ferronays, formerly French Am. bavador at the Court of Vienna, arrived at Toplit z on the 11th from Paris. His appearance here is considered of much importance. Marshal Marti:tont, Duke of Rawisa, arrived here yesterday. TRIESTE, JULY 13.—The Russian man.of.war the Jason, is said to be one of the ships lost in the late storm in the Black Sea.—Allgemeine Zeitung, July '2l. - THE AUSTRIAN CORONATION. Their Majesties will leave Schonbrunn on the 7th of August, arriv. ing at Inspruck on the 120.-21st, from Merano to Pradt.-22d, from Pratt to the baths of Bormeo.-23d, from the baths of Bormeo to Son drio.-24th, from Sondrio to Belaggio.-25th, from Bellaggio to Como. From the 26th to the 31st they will stay at Monza. Sept. I.—Solemn entry into Milan. From the Ist to the 14th they will remain at Milan.-15th, from Milan to Pavia.-16th, they will remain at Pavia.-17th, from Pavia to Lodi.-18th, from Lodi to Ber gamia.-19th, they will remain at Bergamia.-20th, from Bergamia to Brescia.-21st, they will remain at Brescia.-22d, from Brescia to Cremona.-23d, they will pass at Cremona.-24th, from Cremona to Mantua, where they will remain the 25th.-26th from Mantua to Ve rona, where they will stay the 27th, 28th, and 29th.—The 30th, from Verona to Vicenza. October 1. They will remain at Vicenza-2 Fiorn ViCenza to Padua, where they.will retrain the 3d and 4th ; the sth, from Padua, by Fu. sina, to Venice; from the tith to the 17th they will remain at Venice ; 18th, from Venice to Treviso ; 19th, stay at Treviso ; 20th, from Tre viso to Udina ; 21st, from Udina to Gorizia ; 22c1, fron Glirizia to Trieste. STAY OF THE EMPEROR AT MILAN. Sept. I.—The solemn entry of their Majesties ; atnight the city will be brilliantly Illuminated. Sunday, Sept. 2.—Reception at Court of the civil, military, and ecclesiastical authorities. At night a grand gala and singing at the Theatre (La Scala.) Monday, Smt. 3—. Homage and presentation of ladies to their Majesties. In the afternoon Council on State affairs (affari di state.) Tuesday, Sept. 4—Visit to the public Establishments. Fete (feeli di balls) at Court fur 400 persons. Wed nesday, Sept. s—Visits to the public Establishments continued, especially to the military ones. In the evening a Council. Thursday, Sept. 6—The Coronation, grand banquet, illumination of the city, and nocturnal pro menade. Friday, Sept. 7—Visit to the exhibition of the Fine Arts, Con • cert by the pupils of the conservatory at Court. Saturday, Bth Sept. —Their Majesties will go to St. Ambroise. Grand dinner at Court. In the evening a council. Sunday, 91h Sept.—Grand military parade and review. At night a ball at the Scala, given by the city. Monday, Nth—Audiences. In the afternoon the opening and inauguration of the triumphal arch (Arch of Peace). Spectacle at the grand arena and fireworks. Tuesday, 11th—Visit to the exhibition of arts and trade. Grand dinner at court, and ball at the governor's. Wednes day, 12th.—Sitting of the GoverUment (probably pardons will be granted). Ball at Court for the nobility. Thursday, 15th.—Military evolutions. Popular fetes at the expense of the city —Friday, 14th.— gecond ♦isit to the exhibition of fine arts. In the afternoon audience of leave, and the theatre. 15th.—The departure. There will be a ball at the Ambassadors of Russia, France, and Eng land, a ball at the Casino of the nobility, and another at that of the citizens. A spectacle at the Philo-dramatic,Theatre. Nota has been commissioned to write the piece. On Sunday, the 24th of June, the cathedral of Milan was closed to the public. On the 25th the works were commenced; the celebrated Sanquirico is charged with the deco rations of this immense church. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmstEnness, Joy; 23. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 214 per cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Anton syndic, 4% per cent...... ............ Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent Bll 80' Commercial Company, 4.:, per cent 16934 1703( Ditto (1632 and 1833) 5 per cent. Loan 1t3i36, 4 per cent..... — Ditto 1837, 6 per',cent ~.. Exchange en London, One month l2 15 Two mow:ha BELGIAN 1. UNDS—BaussELs, JULY 24. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. 19 1 54 Loan of Thirty Millions 92% Loan of City, 1832. 4 per Cent 98% Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent HO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ll2 National Society . —Drussels Papers, July 24. PRUSSIAN FUNDS. —BERLIN, JULY 19. Bills. Money , St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent 10.314 102% Prussian Engii4h Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 10214 10 - 2 N Exchange on London, three months 6 243( —Prussian State Gazette. July 'A. Yesterday afternoon about five o'clock, as a carman 's cart was entering King's Head-yard, Snow-hill, laden with lump sugar and a chest of tea, a truck was seen to loiter close after drawn by two boys; at the same time a respectably-dressed young man endeavoured to dislodge the chest of tea from the cart on to the truck, when the all_ seeing eye of the police on duty on the spot immediately stayed him in his progress. When taken he feigned drunkenness, but the feigned ap pearance had a greater similitude to sudden fright occasioned by his inconvenient detection. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT Bow.—Last night during the raging of the conflagration at Deptford, a destructive fire broke out in the drying rooms of the extensive chemical warehouses be longing to Mr. Craig, near Bow-bridge. After three hours' exertion the firemen succeeded in arresting the progress of the destruction, but not until a considerable loss of property had been sustained. No ac count could be obtained of the origin of the fire, but Mr. Craig is under. stood to be insured. No lives were lost, though several present received injuries from the falling of pieces of burning timber from the upper part of the warehouse destroyed. We are g iven to un d erstan d t h at i t i s her Majesty's intention to visit Brighton shortly after the 17th of August, the birth. day of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. A grand entertain ment will be given on that occasion at Buckingham Palace, soon after which her Majesty will take her departure for this place.—Brighton Paper. During a late violent storm at ituffec, in the depart ment of the Charente, a thunderbolt fell on a tree and killed a girl standing at the foot of it. The shock was so great that it was felt at a distance of 990 years, and several persons with some cattle were thrown down by it. The poor girl's dress was torn into a thousand pieces, parts were carried to the summit of the tree, and her garters to a distance of upwards of: 0 yards. An important capture was made by the police some days since in the person of one Champenois, a liberated convict, the agent of all the thieves in Paris. He advances them money, furnishes them with papier:, and lodges them. He has in all quarters of Paris several small rooms, in which he conceals them when it is necessary for them to avoid the police ; and in return for these services receives a per ventage on on all robberies committed; and is in consequence grown rich.—Paris Paper. The Canada thistle can only with great difficulty be eradicated, on account of the distance to which its roots penetrate. An instance is related of its descending roots having been dug out of a quarry 19 feet in length ; and it has been found to shoot out horizontal roots in every direction, some eight feet in length, in a single season Mirror. l i i n ko th t e ha e t ar o r f iag tl e ie , -'--" -'" HUNGARIAN WAGGONERS.--The Hungarian teams of oxen are driven by a race of men the most picturesque in the wild and savage-looking line imaginable. Their dress is made Wholly of sheepskins with the wool on, and in many the collars and ianni seams tret , a s r t e . ornamented with a sort of savage embroidery, ver e y s North American Indians. On Tuesday evening, between eight and nine, an alarming accident occurred at the corner of King-street, St. James's. square, to the carriage of D. Salomons, Esq., the ex-Sheritl: It appears j th a a n t e t s h ,s c . c w oa it c h hm m an rs w . a s s alo ti o v n in s g a a n t d a th r ee ick oth ra e t r e la a d lo i n when the horses suddenly shyed at some boys playing in the street, and sprang upon the foot pavement, forcing the body of the carriage over an iron post at the corner of the street. The footman, who was riding with the coachman, fell between the horses, and was much hurt, and the car. riage was overturned. MI the ladies were fortunately extricated without l ' sustaining injury, and were conveyed home in another carriage. A most distressing accident occurred yesterday morning to Richard Godding, a man who has been many years in the I employ of Messrs. Coombe and De l a tield, brewers, of Castle-street, Long-acre. It appears that the poor fellow was driving the dray to wards home, at about eleven o'clock yesterday morning, when on a sod. den the horse took fright and dashed on at a furious speed. Godding, in running forward to seize its head, stumbled against a stone and fell ; the wheel of the dray the next moment passed over his body. The un. fortunate man was so dreadfully injured that not the slightest hopes are entertained of his recovery, PRECEDING. Wh eat 67s. Od. I Oats Barley 3ls. 641 Rye '3 ss. 6d I Pease 365. Id DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. Wheat Barley lss. 4d .I . Rye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply generally, was very moderate, and trade good for most de. scriptions. Old Meadow Hay, 5/. to 5/. 10s.; Ncw Do. Si. to 41. ; Old Clover Flay, 61. to 61. Os. ; New Clover Do. 3/. 10s. to 4/. 10s. per load. Straw, 2/. to 2/. 4s. per load. SPIRIT MARKET. Less business doing in all articles under this head, and prices much as before quoted. OIL MARKET. The business in this market is confined to small parcels, at about pre. vious prices, and much heaviness is apparent. This remark particu. larly applies to Fish Oil. TALLOW MARKET. No alteration in prices, with an exceeding flat market. METAL MARKET. Great dulness still pervades this trade, and generally prices look in. dined to go down, but since our last no material change has taken place. COLONIAL MARKETS. The Markets generally are steady, but the chief business doing is at the public sales, which go off steadily, and prices in most cases are very firm. For to-morrow we perceive the auctions advertized are numer ous, comprising most of the primary commodities. SUGAR.—In the B. P.,rnarket there has been more business done, say about 1,000 hhils. at former prices. Other sorts inquired after, but no business of moment done. COFFEE.—The market for West India continues very firm ; and a good deal of business is doing; the public sales have gone off briskly. East India sorts firm, not much doing. Foreign Coffee is still fiat, yet prices are nct lower; two public sales of Havannah and Brazil have gone without spirit and very little sold. COCOA.—Is now saleable at former prices. SALTPETRE.—Has brought stiff prices, and the buyers come for. ward freely. RICE.—Is looked after at former prices. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 25 The sales of this day amount to 3,500 bags. In prices we have no alteration to report, and buyers have not any great choice at present, owing to large holders withholding their stocks. 500 Surat, 4d. to sd. 350 Egyptian, 94d to 13d. 150 Bahia, Sd. to 80. 100 Maranharn, Bd. to 9cl. 150 Ceara and Perham, 81d. to Sid. 2,250 American, sd. to 7d. Total-1,500 bags. CDAL MAR 3. +l. Aaair's ..... Bunion ... Hebburn Main l9 9 Holywell Ord's Redhugh West Hartlei T2 6 Walls End Brown's Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End Be;rnont Walls End Braddyll's Hetton 22 6 1 Walls End Hasaell Walls End Hetton ......... Walls Ero Lambton 22 9 Walls End Lyons 2l 6 Walls End Eussel's Hetton 22 6 Ships arrived since Per Ton. KET.-July 25 e'er Jon s Walls End Stewart's . ii2 9 Wang End Hartlepool 22 9 Dixon's Butterknowl : ...... 3 Walls End Adelaide Walls End Barrett 2l 0 Walls End Deanery.......... 19 ti Wa End Gordon 2O 0 Walls End Seymour Tees Wall , End South I).,rharn '2O 0 Naq, End 1,, Walls End Victoria Tees 341 3 Walls End West lees Walls End Conn ion Gal - forth L'iwer Main tloward's Netherton Dlai stayeley Main last maraet-Oay, 20. IS (I 20 fi 15 0 O l7 9 . COUNTRY CI ORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats, Per Quarter. Abingdon Andover." Bridport Cirencester Faringdon„ Guildford Hereford Highworth Maidenhead Reading Salisbury-. Southampton Stroud Tewkesbury Uxbridge Wantage.".. Warminster s. to s. 30 34 k 0 31 30 40 32 36 ?7 32 26 30 28 35 26 32 26 32 32 42 21 36 32 34 25 35 30 34 33 401 28 36 a. to s. 3. to S. 2•2 25 16 22 26 30 20 25 26 30 20 30 23 26 22 29 28 34 20 26 22 29 2 , 1 27 20 28 28 32 20 24 2 - ,2 32 17 28 2n '25 22 26 21 22 53 56 32 36 30 3 - 2 HULL MARKET.—JuIy 2.. Wheat, Old 523 583. 64s New 503. 583 643, Foreign —s. —s. —s. ln bond... —s. —s —s. Oats, Poland -- Small or Feed.... —3. 17s. 183 —3. —s :203. -- Foreign Barley, Norf. & Suf --- Foreign Beans 20s. 30s. 34.1. Foreign Pease, White— 28s. 308 345. Grey 263. 283. 30, 265. 28s. 32s Foreign 28s. 30s. 323. Rapeseed. in bond none Free, per last 221. Os. 24'. - 33 32 40 34 44 3i 40 t3:l 42 41 40 D'f - 40 4FI 32 52 30 40 - 40 33 42 36 40 CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. a. d. to a d Pet lb. Wheat 7 3 8 0 Barley 3 0 4 5 Oats 3O 43 Beans Pease 4 0 50 1 Stay 51.0+. t Beef Mtitton Veal Pork Laval.) 5/. 10,. (d. per tun. Pease. 5. s a. tr d. 6 8 7 0 71 8 0 8 0 0 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY": TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols, which closed heavy yesterday at 94 to 94A for the Account, opened this morning at the above price ; Money the same. Exchequer Bills, 76 7S prem. ; India Bonds, 76 78; Bank Stock, 2.061 207 i ; India Stock, 265 266. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed heavy at 214 opened this morning with an improvement, and may be quoted 21-T i 222 with Ceupon; ; Portuguese 351 ; Three per Cents., 231 ; Mexican 25 i; Brazilian, 801 ; Colombian, 27i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 553 ; Five par Cents., 1024 ti. I'ItICES OF' STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2 per Cent. eied 94%%,%% htto Bonds 3 per C en t . C ons. ...... 94 3% 4% 3% ' South sea S t ock 3 per Cent...... Ditto Red ..... ". 102 1 A134 / New Ditto .. ... . . New 3% per Cent lOl% Vi 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent.. 41000 '76 74 73 orn Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpire IDitto • 50i '7o 75 74 OM. Jan 5, 1860 15 7-10 Ditto Small .... 76 75 74 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 1 5 ,4 'Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1800 —l Ditto Advertised — fin' Jan. 5, 1880 , • • Bank Stock for Account 206% April 5, 13,31) - Ind:a Stock for Account — aril 5. 1870 — I Corcols for Acconnt 94% 3e5 4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds 102% I Ditto Account ....... ........ .... Ditto Account...... Portuguese Bonds — . Brazilian Bond s . — i Ditto New Bonds • ... Ditto Account BO% Ditto Account .. `'S 'A N 5 . , .... .... .. RUenOS Ayres Bonds . — Ditto, 3 per cent Ditto Account Ditto Account •ThillilN Bonds Ditto Account Caiumbian ti0nd5....... Ditto Account... — D itto Account. ... ........... ..... ..... ..... Ditto Metallic — C ) lumbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds — D itto Account . 2 7 1,4 Ditto Account ... , — Dinish B on d s ... Ditto Bonds, ISI4 21% Ditto Account -7.. Ditto Account '''l% % Greek Bonds ......... ... French, 5 per cent.......... —i. --, Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ----- 4 per cent. Ditto Account Mexicanßomis, 5 per cent 2 . --- 3 per cent. -- Exchange f. Ditto Account Ditto, 0 per cent . — Ditto Account 55% 5 Ditto Account .. Neapolitan.,... . .. . . Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per share Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issue Ditto Macaubas Cocaes British Iron Company Real del Monte Mining Co., Registeri Ditto Unregistered Great Western Railway Company Brighton Railway Compans. London and Croydon Railway Comp: Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac Do. Robinson National Loan Fund PRICES OF IRISH STO _ at 51. pm ) 20 25 •e* f)3l. los. (id 65 1 any 2O 2 3 214 ICKS, DUBLIN, JULY 24, 11►% 81 SO 9 , 4 164 3 per Cent. Consols 94. 4; Grand Canal Deis. 6 per cent. 93% 331 per Cent. Stock lOl% Ditto, 4 per cent. - Ditto Reduced - Hibernian Bank - Ditto New, 1830 ..... ........ 101% City of Dublin Steam Company - 3k> per Cent. Debentures - Bank Stock - Royal Canal Stock - Ballast Office Debentures,4 per Grand Canal Stock - cent - HALF-PAST O,NE Some business has been doing in the course of the morning, both in :he British and Foreign Markets. Consols, which had rather a firm appearance in the early part of the morning, soon after gave way, and receded from 94 1 /,, to 94 for the Account, Money 937, ; Exchequer Bills lower, 74 prem.; India Bonds, 74 prem. ; Bank Stock, 207 ; India Stock, 265 f. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active heavy, and receded to 21% with Coupons ; Portuguese also lower, 35 ; Three per Cents., 231; Colombian, '27 ; Mexican, 9.41; 25g.; Dutch Two-and.a Half per Cents., 55/ ; Five per Cents., 102 % %. There has been a little demand fer Robsinson's Asphalte, which is discount ; Great Western have been done at 15 premium ; Brighton, discount. Consols for Account, 94. THREE O'CLOCK. We understand that a decision was come to on the el y Tuesday in the Committee on joint-stock banks, that the Chancellor of Exchequer be permitted to introduce a Bill forthwith for the purpose of enabling the shareholders in those undertakings to sue and be sued. The greatest inconvenience and losses have been found to be sustained through this deficiency in the laws. At the Thames Police-office, yesterday, a pawn broker was fined 40s. and costs for not having his duplicates written in a fair and legible hand. Other informations are to be heard on the same point. A fair estimate of the state of employment at Leeds may be derived from the fact, that of 160 individuals lately empl oyed there in stone.breaking, the number now does not not exceed 16, the rema i n der having obtained more profitable labour. A n inquest was held yesterday in Lambeth on the body of a newly-born male child, which was found floating in the Thames, near Waterloo Bridge, on Saturday last. The evidence of the surgeon went to show that the m o th er h ad no assistance at the birth, and that it was her first child. He could not say positively whether it had been born alive, the body being much decomposed. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. The body was found pinned up in part of a black silk gown. A fire broke out in the cottages attached to the Tivoli Garden, Margate, on Tuesday night, from the falling of a blue. light on the thatched roof. The flames spread so rapidly that, before the arrival of the engines, the cottages were entirely consumed. The amuse ments of the gardens not having terminated, there were nearly two thousand persons present, who all seemed anxious to render every as. sistance to preserve the property. The damage was confined to the cottages. A great sensation has been produced at Eastbourne and the neighbourhood by the committal of Mr. James Fielder for trial at the .Assizes which will be held at Lewes on Monday nex, on a charge of rape committed on a female of tender age in his service. The case seems to be one of a very serious character, for Mr. Thomas (the neigh. pouring magistrate) refused to take bail, although bail to any amount was offered; and what makes the matter worse is that Mr. Fielder is united to a very amiable woman who was absent from home.—Brighton Guardian, • HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat in a Committee for Privileges to-day. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Boston, Lord Skehnersdale, Lord Vaux, the Earl of Fingal, and Lord Lovatt. THE CAMOYS PEERAGE. The evidence on behalf of the different claimants to this Peerage having been closed on a former day, the further consideration was ap_ pointed for this morning, in order to afford the Attorney-General, on behalf of the Crown, an opportunity of addressing their Lordships. The ATTORNEY _GENERAL said that it now became his duty to ad. dress to their Lordships such observations as suggested themselves to him in the case of the Camoys Peerage. He had a disagreeable duty to per form, because persois were apt to think that the Attorney-General in opposing these claims went beyond his duty, and raised objections that he might pass by. He did not think, however, that such observations could apply to him, because he had always, where there was a clear claim to a peerage, frankly admitted it. In the \Valdegrave Peerage and the North Peerage he had stated that he thought them abundantly made out; and it would have given him great pleasure if he could have come to a similar opinion in the present case, which was attended with very great difficulties, which he felt bound to call to the attention of their Lordships. In the present case there were four claimants, not claiming adversely, but as co-heirs of the Camoys barony. The first claimant was Mr. Stonor, the second Mr. Le Strange Styleman, the third Sir Jacob Astley, and the fourth Madame de la Cainea. All these persons claimed as the co.heirs of Hugh Lord Camoys, who was said to have died without issue, in the fourth year of the reign of Henry the Sixth. Mr. Strange Styleman Sir Jacob Astley, and Madame de la Eainea, did not go higher in their claim than Sir Thomas Camoys, who died in the 9th year of Henry V. Mr. Stonor at first did not carry his claim to a greater extent ; but he now went up to Ralph Lord Camoy's, who was summoned to Parlia ment in the 49th of Henry the Third, and if he made out his claim he would of course rank above all the Barons of the realm, in the House of Lords, as Ralph Lord Camoys was above the Lord De Roos, the senior Baron of England. Besides thesif co-heirs there were other persons who represented themselves to have similar claims. Among them was Anthony George Wright, who had assumed the name of Biddulph, and two ladies—Lady Zouch and Mrs. Pechell, who were descended from Eleonora, who was descended from the last Lord Camoys. The first point their Lordships had to de termine upon was the right to a supposed Peerage that had lain dor_ mant above four centuries. The last time that any person sat in Par. liament as Lord Camoys, was in the 9th year of Henry the Fifth, in 1423. In that year Sir Thomas Camoys died who was the only person in the family who was proved to have sat in the House of Lords. It was not alleged that any summons had been issued since that time, and therefore the Peerage had been dormant 400 years. He was quite aware, as the law now stood, that that was no bar to the claim, but at the same time he felt bound to say, that it presented most formidable difficulties, and raised a strong presumption against the va lidity of the claim. If the present Barony was descendible to heirs ge. neral, what satisfactory reason could be given for the claim lying so long in abeyance? Why should the times of the Plantagenets, the Tudors, and others have been allowed to pass by, and the claim Not have been put for.vard until the sixth Sovereign of the House of Hanover ? It could not be said that religious motives prevented the claim being made, because for a century after the Barony was in abeyance the same religion prevailed in England. It was also to be remembered that the families in which the Barony was vested were of great power and distinction, the Radmyldes, the Lewknors, the Gorings, and the Le Stranges ; and yet no claim was made. Now, the first considera tion for their Lordships was, did there ever exist a Barony of Camoys de scendible to heirs general. He admitted, as the law now stood, that where an individual was summoned as a Baron, and sat in that House, that thereby a Barony descendible to heirs general was created. He la mented that their Lordships had ever laid that down as the law, for he felt convinced that it was wholly erroneous. As far back as the time of Richard 11., the Baronies of the country consisted of two class —those held by tenure, who were entitled by Magna Charta to be summoned, but who lost their right if they parted with the land which constituted the Barony ; and the other classes consisted of those who were from time to time summoned by the King to give him counsel in the House of Lords. But the summons and the writ intimated no intention of granting a Barony to heirs general. If a summons and sitting was to constitute a Barony in fee a door would be opened to claimants to the high distinction of sitting in that House, which it would be difficult to close. It would be highly conducive to the public weal if some period were laid down during which a claim should be made to a Peerage. Until the present claim he was not aware of the distinction between a Baron and a Bannerett. It was clear Sir Thomas Camoys was sum moned, and sat in the House of Lords, not as a Baron, but as a Ban. nerett, which title he submitted was not descendible to heirs. The Learned Gentleman had not concluded when our reporter left. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.---(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JULY 25.—Wind, N.N.W.—Came down from the River and proceeded, the Marmion, Harrison, for Quebec; Monkey, Bains, for Lisbon; Black Cat, Chesser, for Constantinople; Cecrops, Finlayson, for Quebec ; Caroline, Hopper, for ditto; Highbury, Falconer, for Ber bice. Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Ealing Grove, from the West Indies; Janet, from ditto; Albion, Clark, from Tenby ; Jupiter, from Newcastle. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 25.—Wind, W. to N.E. Fine.—Sailed, the Madagascar, Walker, for Bengal ; Celia, Campbell, for ditto; Margaret, fur the South Seas; Malabar, Pollock, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH.—Wind, N.N. W.—Arrived, the Theodore, Beike, from Riga. Arrived off, the Thetis, Partridge, from Jamaica. FALMOUTH, JULY 24. Wind, N. Fresh breezes and fine.—Arrived, the Africa, Baxter, from Odessa. LIVERPOOL, JULY 25.—Wind N.N.W., light.—Arrived, the Rookery, Sharp, from Jamaica; Kenningham, from Berbice , tannia, Leseatver, from Quebec ; Ganges, from ditto ; Triumph, from Archangel ; Wasily, Williky, from St. Petersburg ; Salvatorium, Grave, from Stettin ; Hercules, Mayer, from ditto ; Flora, Peters, from Rostock ; Active, Leach, from ditto ; Archangel, from Riga. JERSEY, JULY 25.—Arrived, the Harmony, Meparvey, from Dant zig, the Fanny, Hignet, from ditto ; the Euphrosyne, Bradheruy, Riga. BRISTOL, JULY 25.—Arrived, the Margaret, Gray, Marseilles. GLOUCESTER, JULY 25.—Arrived, the Glowa,- Reimers, Wyburg. :MILFORD, JULY 24.—Arrived the Royal William, Rogers, Smyrna. DUBLIN, JULY 24. Arrived, the Eliza, Currie, from Biehibucto the St. Martins, Vaughan, St. John's, N.B. CORK, JULY 23.—Arrived the Wharfinger, from London. PETERHEAD, JULY 23.—Arrived the Perseverance, Haston, from Greenland, 150 tuns. SHIELDS, JULY.—Arrived the Sarah, Graham, from Riga; Rachel, Reis,from Copenhagen. DOPER, JuLI . 25.—Arrived off port, the Envoy, f r o m Havanna. HULL, JULY 24.—Arrived the Jane, Watts; and Polly, Heming, from St. Petersbtirgh ; Jenny, Sharley ; and Hoffnung, Lanyenricks, from Riga; Emette, Breekin, from Memel; Dorothea, Branstaff, from Dantzig ; Oxales, M`lntosh ; and Rival, Doughty, from Stettin; Eliza beth and Sarah; Liberty, Brown; Ruby, Lawson; Biran Bone, Stroud; Coquette, Robinson: Kiely, Sinclair; and Conference, Adam, from Wyburg ; Tropic, Sheden, and Fortuna, Diewitrz, from Newstadt ; Concordi, Palson, and Sophia, Minde, from Gothenburg ; Haabet, Leth, from Copenhagen; Elizabeth, Minet, from Halifax ; St. Mary, Tucker, from Miramichi. YARMOUTH, JUIN 25.—A large vessel, reported to be the Moscow, of Hull, from St. Petcrsburgh, is in tow of six smacks of this place, having been fallen in with, abandoned, near the Lemon Fore Sand. It is sup posed she will be taken to Harwich. LIVERPOOL, JULY 25.—The Lexington, Tilden, bound to Boston, has put back with hiss of mizenmast. The Ruby Grove, cf Hull, with six fish and 500 seals, about 100 tuns, was crushed by the ice 27th ult., and sunk—crew saved. The Elizabeth, Postgate, sprung a leak in the Deeps yesterday morn. ing, and has one pump constantly going ; she will come into the harbour. The Phesdo, of Newcastle, is in the Roads leaky. The Chilo, Babbidge, bound to Boston, got aground last evening near Dove Point, but is supposed to have come off the following tide, and proceeded. CUSTOMS. SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED ALTERATIONS OF CUSTOM DUTIES. Duty Present Proposed. Duty. E s. d. £ s. d. A mboyna or Kyabucca wood, the ton lO 0 0 20 per cent. Apples, raw, the 1001. of value 5 0 0 4s. bushel. Asphaltum or Bitumen Judaicum, the ton 0 1 0 4 0 0 Blackwood Cherries, raw, the 1001. of value Cochineal, from the sth of January, 1839, the cwt. Hats or bonnets—viz., Chip, the pound' 0 8 0 See below. Chip, not exceeding 22 inches diame ter, the dozen Chip, exceeding 22 inches diameter Straw, each hat or bonnet not exceed ing 24 inches in diameter, ditto N. B.—The present :limitation of size is 22 inches, at the same rate of duty. Hides—viz., sea cow, elephant, and Eland or large deer hides, the produce of and imported from the British possessions—viz., Not tanned, tawed, curried, or other wise dressed—viz., Dry, the cwt i 2 4 20 per cent. Wet, ditto... Tawed, and not otherwise dressed, the pound Cut or trimmed, ditto Tawed, curried, or in any way dressed, the pound Cut or trimmed, ditto N.B.—These are the duties now payable on horse, ox, and buffalo hides. Horns—viz., pieces of horns, the ton N.B.—Horns and horn tips now pay the proposed duty. Iron—viz., bloom iron, the ton This is an adjustment between the present duties on pig iron and bar iron, there being now no appropriate duty on bloom iron. Kingwood, the ton Lancewood timber or masts, the load (To be classed as teak.) Mahogany, the produce of, and imported from, the Bay of Honduras, or the Musquito shore, the ton 1 10 0 1 10 0 N.B.—The effect is, to dispense with the clearance at Belize, and to determine a question of limits. Nutmegs—viz., wild nutmegs in the shell, the pound Pears, raw, the 1001. of value 5 0 0 73.6d.bushel Percussion caps, the 1,000 Seed—viz., poppy seed, the quarter (To be classed as an oil seed.) Skins—viz., goose skins, undressed, the skin 0 0 8 20 per cent. N B.—Swan skins now pay Is. the skin. Spirits, &c. N.B.—The only effect is, to place spirits, upon which the duty is paid on arrival, on the same footing as spirits which had been warehoused in respect of degrees of strength below the strength of proof. Tails viz., buffalo, bull, cow, or ox tails, the cwt 0 0 6 6s. the 100. Tulip wood, the ton On Tuesday evening a young man, in the service of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, was accidentally drowned in the river, while assisting in laying some pipes across the stream, to carry into effect a plan now in course of trial for a supply of purer water from the Surrey side. Yesterday information was received by the Police that on Monday night last, John :course, butler to the Hon. T. Lefroy, M.P., 63, Baker-strect, Portman.square, absconded from the house with two checks, one for 761. 3s. 6d., and the other for I 0/., the latter of which, it has since been ascertained, he got cashed in the neighbour hood. He had been in the family eight years, and left behind him a letter, stating it to be his intention to proceed to America on the follow_ ng day. The checks were given to him for the purpose of settling some t radesmen's bills. METROPOLIs IMPROVEMENT. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. Sin,—l beg, through the medium of your widely circulated paper, to draw the attention of the public, and especially of those Members of the House of Commons who form the Com mittee now sitting upon a Bill, introduced by Sir Matthew Wood, for Metropolis Improvements, to an abridged copy of the report of the Poor Law Cominissioners, upon the causes of fever in London. In mentioning the localities from which fever is never absent, White •hart-yard, Newcastle -court, Clare market, and the whole neighbourhood of St. Clement Danes, are particularly mentioned. My object in calling attention to this, is to remind those who are interested in the health of the inhabitants of that district, that a petition was presented a short time back, signed by one hundred and sixty of the most re spectable inhabitants, to make a new street, from Picket-place to Serle's-street, taking down Crown -court, Star -court, one side of Newcastle -court, Cromwell-place, part of Little-shire lane, and New-court ; and from thence continuing the line into Holborn, by taking down one side of Great Turnstile. The re port go-s on to enumerate the causes of fever :—Three houses dirty beyond description, as if never washed or swept, and ex tremely crowded with inhabitants, who had no means of sepa ration, in case of disease arising among them ; five heaps of refuse and rubbish ; vegetable and animal remains, at the bottom of close courts and in corners. I think, Mr. Editor, these facts sufficiently shew the neces sity of removing such a nuisance ; the new street would accom plish this desirable object in a great measure ; and I hope that the gentlemen composing the Committee before referred to, will in their report strongly recommend that the object of the inhabitants should be carried into effect. Your insertion of this, at your earliest convenience, will much oblige one who is deeply interested in the improvement of that neighbourhood, especially the eradication of vice and disease, of which it is at present the receptacle. T. P. Deans. - 4 34 38 35 - - 42 33 48 46 48 IRELAND. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, JULY 23. The farce of challenging the arraign, which was played oft - at Monaghan Assizes last term, on the pretence that Lord Mu!grave was not entitled to step out of the Judges' list to select a sheriff, has been repeated at the King's County Assizes, within the present week. Judge Johnson, who presided, however overruled the objection, but consented to receive the demurrer. This price of silliness will terminate like the other, in a flash in the pan. ORANGE OUTRAGES.—More dclai:s of crime continue to arrive from the North. THE ASSIZES.—The reports from the Circuits continue to be most favourable. Tralee has proved maiden ; and in Kilkenny, and some other counties and cities there has been very little to do Even the Tory journals, who are ingenious at creating a pretence for disbelieving the evidence of their senses, scarcely pretend to doubt or question the im provement in the state of the country. LIBEL CASE.—At the Sligo Assizes, on Thursday last, 500/. damages were awarded to a gentleman named M`Donnell, against a Mr. Dowda, who had libelled him in a now defunct publication, called the Dublin Satirist, which for a considerable time infested our city, and lived by feeding public curiosity and malignity, upon personalities of tliecoarsest character. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.— A dreadful accident took place yesterday upon the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, by a collision between two trains. No death I believe has yet ensued, but there have been innu merable accidents. One gentleman was so dangerously wounded in the head that his life can scarcely be preserved; and another had his leg shattered in a terrible manner. The deplorable event occurred through the escape or one of the trains off the rails. James Redmond Barry, Esq., a magistrate for Cork, was arrested in that city on Thursday last, for tithes due by his tenants. After remain ing a short time in custody the amount was paid. --- A letter appears in the Southern Reporter, received to-day, which Lears out Mr. Roche's statement with respect to the barrier at widow Ryan's farm, and indeed in every particular touching the Rath cormac affair. That it was a murder, who will have the temerity to deny ? CORPORATION BILL (lacuorn).—The Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday protests against the " Orange Bill" now before. Parliament, observing that however willing and anxious it was to take almost any instalment, in the hope that, new blood having been introduced into the Corporations, the system would at length be worked into a wholesome and healthy action ; " yet (declares our Contemporary) we have come to this conclusion, that we should prefer, by far, the rejection of the three measures (the Poor-law Bill, the Tithe Bill, and the Municipal Corporation Bill), rather than the enactment of the Irish Municipal Bill as it has come from the hands of Lord Lyndhurst." The Post concludes its protest, which extends to a considerable length, in the following terms :—" It is needless to remind the public that we have been all along enemies to unnecessary agitation—to agitation for agitation's sake. But, it would be criminal—it could be base—not to agitaje now. We, therefore, call upon our fellow-citizens to meet, and to meet immedi ately. There is no time to be lost—not a moment. The rooms of the Corn. Exchange must ring once more with the public voice. No Bill since the Lords insulted us—no Tithe Bill—no Poor law Bill—no Corporation Bill. The Duke of Wellington de scribed these three Bills as the parts of one great measure• Be it so. We shall not accept the measure but in its inte grity. Without a good Corporation Bill—a fair and a just mea sure—and even a generous one to the out going petty functionaries —we shall not have the Poor-law Bill. We can assure Lord Lynd burst, and the malignants, that it would be very easy to raise an oppo sition to the Poor.law scheme which would reverberate through the island from side to side. Even as it is, it will be difficult to put it in operation. With a national shout of execration against any part of the measure, we defy all the powers of Toryism to force it on the peo ple. With regard to the Tithe Bill—give the Church the million, but the tithe war will continue notwithstanding. You destroy your chance of earring out it quietly by this Municipal Bill. Lord Howick is right, and his I,rophecy will be more speedily fulfilled than even his Lordship .• anticipates. The three Bills in their honest integrity, or none." TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 4.—The Teirkish squadron, about 21 sail (among which were five ships of the line and seven frigates), left the Bosphorus on the 0 8th ult., and was last seen off Gallipoli, in the Darda nelles, on the Ist inst., taking in biscuit. Admiral Galicia, with seven ships (of which four were of the line), was at Smyrna on Saturday last, and was to leave on Monday, the 2d inst., for the mouth of the Darda nelles, with a view of falling in with the Turks, and accompanying themduring their crui se , i n or d er, it i s sa id , to prevent their going to Tunis. The Admiral s en t o ff one of hi s vessels for the latter place, to prepare his friends for what may follow. We have reports that during a violent squall that took place on the 10th of June, and which was felt very severely in the Black Sea, a Rus sian ship of the line, two frigates, one steamer, and 22 merchantmen and transports, were driven on the Circassian coast; such of the crews aS escaped death by drowning having been put to the sword by the inhabi tants, ever ready to avenge themselves on their implacable enemies' Such is the report, on the authority of a captain who arrived yesterday evening from Kertch, but I suspect there is Cie usual amount of exag geration in the re l at i on. Mr. Longworth, who has been residing in Circassia for the last 13 months, arrived here on the Ist instant, by Wei of Trebizonde. He had no difficulty whatever in passing through the Russian blockade, which is, evidently, anything but effective. He in tends publishing a work on Circassia, which will be at once valuable and interesting. Mr. Bell still remains in Circassia with the hope of being still useful to his country and humanity. The Circassians do not appear to be in any immediate danger, but the sooner they get assistance the better it will be for them and for us. A small sum, laid out judi ciously in artillery, ammunition, &c., accompanied by three or four ex perienced officers, would enable them, oon to drive out the enemy. On the 2d, a Tartar arrived here with despatches from Herat of the 17th May, and private letters from Tabreez to the 6th of June. Th e , news from the f ormer p l ace is important. Previous to the arrival of the Russian Envoy, Count Simoniteh, on the 20th April, Mr. M'Sell had negotiated between the Schah and the Heratees so successfully, that he had obtained a promise from the former to sign a treaty of peace be tween Persia and Herat, under the guarantee of England ; but the mo ment the Russian reached the camp, the tables were turned. The weathercock Mohammed twisted himself round, showing the back of contempt to the representative of Queen Victoria, and the face of friend ship to the delegate of the mighty Emperor. The Persians were pro hibited from going near our mission, although the Schah had not him self the boldness to shut his derbar in the face of Mr. 31'2 , 161 him self, who consequently saw him pretty often, although to very little purpose. Mahommed took to lying at a round Persian rate, an d listened to no advice that came not direct from Simoniteh, who not only recommended that the siege of Herat should be renewed vigo rously, but himself, and assisted by two Russian engineers, took a plan of the place, and recommended that close to the ditch strong tall towers should be constructed, from the the top of which the houses inside the walls could be battered. The works were built under the superinten dence of the engineers, and one of them was mounted with twenty two guns. The Heratees made a spirited sortie, took seven guns, besides one of the towers, and the Schah was quite in a fury about it, declaring that if Ihey were not re-taken, the Colonel should lose his head. The besieged fought like lions, and had plenty of provisions, but were in want of firewood to cook them. Mr. M`Neil had been into the toWn during the negoti a t ons, an d f ound it qu i te remarkable for strength. If it were to fall, a fatal blow wilt have been struck at our Indian e mpire. Major Todd was shortly to set out with dispatches for the Governor . General. The Schah was resolved to make another determined effort to take Herat, and has ordered eight hundred and fifty artillerymen to be for warded immediately from Tabreez alone. The Oozbecks and Turco mabs had promised to assist the Heratees, but had given no aid hi therto. Trade was in the most dreadful state in Persia. English pro perty was looked upon as insecure, and the future appearcad anything but cheering. It was expected that if the Schah were to abandon his en terprise, and come back, things would take a most favourable turn, but in the letters I have seen, I cats perceive nothing to authorise a belie( that he will do so. The Princess Mihrmah, second daughter of the Sultan, and wife of Sayecd Pacha, died the day before yesterday. She was In the family way, and had been ailing for some time, but was not supposed to be I° danger until the day previous to her decease. Other physicians, be sides her usual medical attendant, were then called in, but it was to o late. Her disorde r seems to have assumed filially the form of a br a i n fever. She was married two years ago, and appears to have injured b . e r health by tamp er i ng w i th her constitution, for she feared having cb11" dren, whose existence might have been unpleasant to her imperial . fa" ._ ther. Turkish women i n genera l a re much in thi s h a bi t, an d this is one of the grand reasons w h y t h e Ottoman pop u l a ti on i s so fas t dIP appearing. The reason of this practice is the vicious te...elency of poll" gamy, which gives to the man a great facility for divorcing his wive s ' who, in case they have children, find it difficult to get married aga in ' Some of them in ten years have been the inmates of as many hareinS. and have no families whatever. Our exchanges are rising rapidly. London finished at 1091, and l'aP e f was uncommonly scarce. There would be l arge purc h ases o f silk A' augmented prices, but none is at market. The new crop has been abun dant, and will commence arriving in fifteen or twenty days. I have just found out that the Russian loss in the Black Sea cons ists of one corvette, and the fine war steamer Jason, built in England. B e " sides them, fifteen merchant vessels, but it is not said of what flags. The Tuscan steam packet, f rom Alexandria, has grounded in the Dardanelles, and was not g o t o ff when the French boat, just in, Pas sea. , It is thought she may suffer severely; but this is always said when a ie" sel touches.—Morning Herald. ---------- An inquest was held yesterday in Chester-stree t ' Lambeth, on the b o d y of a little boy, three years old, named Da ile y ' whose whose death, as p rove d i n evidence, was occasioned by drinking ne arly half a pint of vitriol, used by his father in business as a dyer. The de ceased's brother, w h o i s about a year older, had accidentally a dminister the poison. Verdict accordingly, with a caution to the father to be inal Of careful in futu re, and not have so deadly a poison within the rea ch children. a A little girl named Marshall dropped down dead yesterday mornin g, i n t h e shop, No. 21, Little Earl.street, Seve n —ni al° whither she had gone on an errand. On Tu es d ay evening a man was passing down t h : Edgeware.road, when he was knocked down by a cabriolet. B e taken to St. George's Hospital in a dying state. On the same eve llin in Oxford -street, a similar accident occurred.